It seems kind of crazy that fullscreen viewing wasn’t an option yet, since people have a natural inclination to see photos as large as possible. Today’s updates will encourage high-res uploads, attract more professional photographers, and make the world’s most popular photo sharing service where 250 million photos are uploaded a day a better experience for everyone.
Facebook has improved the sRGB color profile of photos so that colors appear more vivid and faithful without loading slower.īefore now, Facebook photos could only be viewed at roughly 3/4 of your screen size. It also now automatically shows photos at maximum resolution, which is the 2048 x 2048 pixel max upload size, and can be up to 4X bigger on large displays. Facebook is now allowing Chrome and Firefox users to ditch the black background and comments sidebar that surround photos and view them full screen by clicking an expansion arrow in the top right.
